cl_drawhud_force_deathnotices Command Help & Examples

The HUD (Heads Up Display) in CS:GO and CS2 is designed to be super helpful to players while not cluttering the screen. It contains crucial information on health, ammo, and available gear and displays key notices important for the gameplay flow.

Still, not every player finds the HUD helpful for different reasons. Some resort to minimizing the information they see or completely removing everything but the crosshair. It comes down to convenience, and people like to get rid of different HUD elements, like, for example, death notices.

Removing these from the HUD, completely or partially,  requires a set of specific cl_show death notices only commands and the use of the developer console. Pro players are particularly fond of using console commands to declutter their HUD.

HUD Info About Killed Players

Most CS: GO and CS2 players accept the information about who was killed and by whom as part of the game and don’t find it distracting or annoying. Some players, though, mostly in the pro circuits, want no distractions whatsoever, so they prefer no notices about killed players.

Another instance in which removing the death notices from the CS:GO HUD is recording a frag movie. For CS:GO movie makers, nothing but the crosshair and kill feed has a place on the screen.

The game’s death notices appear in the screen’s top right corner. It displays the name of the player who scored a kill first, followed by an image of the weapon they used, and the name of the player who got killed last.

cl_drawhud_force_deathnotices Command Setup

For those trying to declutter the screen by removing death notices, the developer console or .cfg files are the two methods for inputting the appropriate commands. It is important to know that the cl_drawhud_force_deathnotices only command is not a simple toggle command but offers options regarding what is displayed and when.

Apart from having the killed players’ info on the screen when the HUD is active, as is the default setting, you could also completely remove the notices or have them present at all times, regardless of the status of the HUD.

Here are a few examples of how you can set up your HUD with cl_drawhud_force_deathnotices commands:

• cl_drawhud_force_deathnotices -1: Completely removes death notices from the screen.
• cl_drawhud_force_deathnotices 0: Only shows death notices when the HUD is displayed.
• cl_drawhud_force_deathnotices 1: A command allowing you to see death notices at all times, even when the HUD is not enabled.